"How remarkable that this theme can be presented so explicitly in a monastery garden. Every person carries their own cross, and women will surely recognize much of what is depicted here. It offers food for thought and sparks meaningful conversation."
(Anonymous quote from the guestbook at the 'Via Crucis' exhibition at Wittem Monastery)

The artwork 'I can't breathe' is an ambiguous representation of the systemic (systematic) oppression in our (Western) society. The work holds up a mirror to us. We live in an unjust and unequal society. A faulty system. The phrase "I can't breathe" is like a mantra of systemic oppression ending in noise and tragedy. The words are aggressively intertwined like a kind of impenetrable chainmail which makes any dialogue impossible. A chaotic darkness.